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    Adele Heralds a Second British Invasion Equal to First

    Winchester
    Are you as jazzed as I am about the fact that Adele went six-for-six at the Grammys? With all the fantastic Brit singers who have hit these shores in the last few years, we are going through a British invasion that rivals the 1960s. Back then, led by the Beatles, the UK produced a wave of top bands from the Rolling Stones to Chad & Jeremy, Peter and Gordon, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Dusty Springfield and Herman's Hermits, just to name a few....
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    Edvard Munch’s Iconic ‘Scream,’ in Pastels Up For Auction

    Keith Girard
    Edvard Munch's iconic image "The Scream" has been burned into the human psyche as man's primal cry. For a mere $80 million or more, the last privately held copy, one of four created by the artist, can be yours. Sotheby's auction house in New York announced that the work will be sold to the highest bidder in May. It's the ultimate prize for collectors of pre-expressionist 19th Century art, or any art for that matter....
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    Lana Del Rey Surprise; Surfaces in UK Rapper's Mashup (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Lana Del Rey is suddenly everyone’s darlin’… again. She’s popping up in the most unusual and surprising places like a a collaboration on a 1966 Shirley Bassey tune, “Big Spender,” with UK rapper Smiler. Although the collaboration took place two years ago for Smiler’s remix of “Spender,” off his mixtape All I Know, it’s suddenly gaining traction on YouTube....
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    Lindsay Lohan, Jack White to Tackle Saturday Night Live

    Keith Girard
    Lindsay Lohan is taking another stop in her comeback effort, She's landed a return spot as host on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." She also will have a powerful music guest, Jack White, formerly of the White Stripes. The move will give her a chance to regain control of her image. Since her DUI arrest in 2007 and the string of legal problems that followed, she's been a creature of the tabloids....
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    Chris Colfer Goes Back to School in Struck by Lightning (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    “Glee’s” Chris Colfer heads to the big screen in “Struck by Lightning,” but judging from a newly released trailer he doesn’t stray too far from his Gleek roots. He plays a high school student, a subject he obviously knows well. Colfer’s character, Carson Phillips, gets killed by lightning and spends the film looking back on his life and some of the things he did in high school to get into a journalism school....
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    Whitney Houston Secret Love a Factor in Her Demise

    Keith Girard
    Whitney Houston's disastrous marriage to Bobby Brown and her ultimate demise may have been triggered, in part, because she loved a woman. She lived in fear her lesbianism would destroy her family and career. Although rumors followed her throughout her life, she never addressed them, nor did her alleged lover Robyn Crawford, a lifelong friend. But it profoundly affected her life....
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    Alicia Keys Touched By Angel in Whitney Houston Eulogy (video)

    Keith Girard
    Alicia Keys, a sister in soul with Whitney Houston reached out the singer’s mother Cissy and daughter Bobbi Kristina during her eulogy to the fallen superstar at her funeral today (Feb. 18). Keys, who performed a powerful “Send Me an Angel,” singing and playing the piano solo, gave a brief tearful address afterward....
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    Beyonce Marks Sexy, Erotic Return in DT Magazine (photos)

    Keith Girard
    Beyoncé and Jay-Z have another mouth to feed with the arrival of baby Blue Ivy Carter, and both are back at work. Beyonce appears in a new spread in the February issue of Spain's DT magazine, and the duo are reportedly mapping out new albums. Lady Bey is already hard at working shedding her pregnancy pounds, and both she and Jay-Z are reportedly anxious to get back in the studio and crank out some new tunes....
    POP
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    Taylor Momsen Softens Edges for New You Video (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    aylor Momsen never gets out of her tank top and panties in the new video for her moody ballad “You.” It’s a departure from her usual hard-edged rock, where she’s banging out tunes on stage and variously taking off her clothes. Momsen and her band, The Pretty Reckless, will open for the North America leg of Marilyn Manson’s tour, and the singer says she’s been hold up rehearsing....
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    Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin Slated for Whitney Houston Funeral

    Keith Girard
    Whitney Houston’s funeral Saturday (Feb. 16) at noon will be a star-studded invitation only event that will include musical performances and eulogies by stars like Kevin Costner. Fans will be able to watch through a live stream over the Internet. A single video camera will capture the footage of the funeral which will be shown live online through TheImproper. Click here and bookmark this page to follow the service....
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    Miley Cyrus Artfully Covers Bob Dylan on Kimmel (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Miley Cyrus is fast becoming the voice of her generation for Bob Dylan's legacy. She performed a moving version of his song "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" on Jimmy Kimmel last night. Go figure. Cyrus, 19, is one of a number of artists who cover Dylan songs on Amnesty International's benefit compilation Chimes of Freedom....
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